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The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets.
The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets.
Oh! that the memories which survive us here
Were half so lovely as these wings of thine!
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Oh! that the memories which survive us here
Were half so lovely as these wings of thine!
Pure relics of a blameless life, that shine
Now thou art gone.
We see how flies, and spiders, and the like, get a sepulchre in
amber, more durable than the monument read more
We see how flies, and spiders, and the like, get a sepulchre in
amber, more durable than the monument and embalming of the body
of any king.
We see spiders, flies or ants entombed and preserved forever in
amber, a more than royal tomb.
We see spiders, flies or ants entombed and preserved forever in
amber, a more than royal tomb.
A fly sat on the chariot wheel
And said "what a dust I raise."
A fly sat on the chariot wheel
And said "what a dust I raise."
Busy, curious, thirsty fly,
Drink with me and drink as I!
Freely welcome to my cup,
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Busy, curious, thirsty fly,
Drink with me and drink as I!
Freely welcome to my cup,
Could'st thou sip and sip it up;
Make the most of life you may;
Life is short and wears away.
To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
Make yourself honey and the flies will devour you.
[Sp., Haceos miel, y paparos han moscas.]
Make yourself honey and the flies will devour you.
[Sp., Haceos miel, y paparos han moscas.]
I saw a flie within a beade
Of amber cleanly buried.
I saw a flie within a beade
Of amber cleanly buried.